I Don't Like Begging, Just Produce Great Content. ~ Charles Fuchs
For many of you Steemians, you probably get this on a daily bases... it's called the "Follow Me and I'll Follow You" Comment or even worse, "I upvoted you so upvote me" nonsense. π³
My answer will always be a huge FAT "NO" or even worse the big old "FLAG" π©π€£
You see, if you want to be successful on Steemit... it's much easier to get followers and Upvotes by producing great content and building relationships with people other than begging for them.Β
Many people who tend to do this "Begging" are usually lazy, gaming the system, or even worse... they brings no value to the community what so ever other than just pissing people off. ππ»ββοΈ
So why even do it? π€·πΌββοΈ
I've been telling people for years, if you want people to like you; don't ever beg. This shows the lack of respect for yourself, how can people respect you if you don't even respect yourself?
So at the end of the day guys, don't use this method of marketing... it might work in the short run but eventually it will be very disastrous on your growth on Steemit.
P.S. Did you like my "MAD FACE"? π€£ ... Just having a little fun with it today π
Have an Awesome Friday Stackers!
Haha... so true... I just made a post the other day about dudes who TELL you to follow!
What we got here... is whale-ure to communicate...
Dude, that's the picture of the year ππΌπ
Great pics love it ππβοΈππππ
Ba hahhahaaa love the Cool Hand Luke reference!
I'm having too much fun making these :^]
And rightfully so @overkillcoin!!
So funny @overkillcoin.
@boodles17 thank you sir, unfortunately there's way too much real life material to draw from :O
This is amazing! I can't help but say it in the Axl Rose voice and continue on into civil war.
Thanks @pugriffs. I'll leave you with my Pug-Gif
I love it!
Yo overkill that some sick skillz.
Thank you @zeartul
I need to resteem this picture!!
I just colourised it! Go check it :)
The original post is on my blog :D
follow me please?
..joking ahah , btw those are the people that came here just to make money.
Just ignore them or flag sometimes if they spam too much.
when i upvote you, i do it just cause you deserve, don't expect nothing back.
Good one haha ... you know o'm already following ya :)
I got my flag game on recently haha
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LMFAOOO!!! That shit is HELLA ANNOYING!!! π€£ It makes me not want to follow so it has the opposite effect!! hahaha
I've been flagging them, I couldn't handle it anymore, I'll calm down tommorrow πππ
haha
See it all the time. Gets really annoying. It will probably get worse as more and more join.
That's the truth, I'll get flag action game going on lol
It's annoying, right? Those pesky follow for follow requests? I've tried to answer them for a short while with this GIF, you can have it and use it however you want:
However, I must add that the ones who are superficial enough to send these blunt follow for follow messages, usually do not really get the subtle point this gif makes. I'm still thinking of coming up with a GIF thats brings home the message a little more direct, a little more crisp, a little less 'gloves on' approach...
If you find a good one, send them my way π
I totally agree! That devalues the content.
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Bwa hahhahaaa right on, you tell em! And PS I love your mad face, it has just the right hint of disgust in it too :) :) :) Steem On!!
Did you like it @lyndsaybowes? ... "Slight hint of disgust" hahaha
Yeah you know it!! Lulz!!!!
I agree with you. I'm getting so many just lately, it's insane.
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Pfffft!
Work for it! Research, find great images, make good - or even great content and be patient - or don't, but don't beg.
Totally agree @michelle.gent ... it's so funny that I see so many people in life wanting something for nothing for being lazy instead of doing the work. I guess thats why most people fail and don't succeed.
You are one of my go to peeps on Steemit :)
Haha, word @stackin! Like grifters on the subway, Steemians panhandling for votes and follows just wreaks of laziness!
Nothing comes easy, you gotta teach 'em the hustle!
So funny how it works, if I see a person in need without begging, I'm 100% will support them... especially in Vegas when people won't leave you alone asking for money 3-4 times when you say you don't have any π
Same. I can't respect someone who doesn't have any self-respect. Begging and bullying for votes is just plain stupid.
please like me haha jk
It's always happened but it seems to be getting worse.
Maybe the longer you're here the more beggars appear In your posts.
I've never followed a single one of them I can't imagine why anybody would. Stack on dude.
It's getting way worse since I started but that Flag Button tend to make them never come back lol
I hate these requests and I hate bot comments. What they don't realize is if you also leave a comment that can add to the value of a post, there is a chance of being rewarded on your comment also. Valuable engagement only adds to the community and may bring you more followers.
Totally agree, most newbies don't understand that and they think they are real comments but they will eventually pick it up :)
Spam free zone. 100% unpvoted and resteemed :-)
I feel blessed haha
It's so true and gets really old. When they are new and I see it I try to guide them a different direction and let them know. Most seem receptive. It sucks when they've been here a while and still do it.
Nice face, it was like "What?!" (in a deep voice) lol
They want that high "social status" even though they make posts that has 10k followers but 2 likes. Reminds me of facebook, instagram and youtube where people bought 100k followers for $100 lol
Yea, it is kind of the same. Every now and then someone does it that actually has decent content so I tell them whats what. Usually they don't though.
Hello Charles, I have traded in every network on the principle "recognition must one earn" ..... that was the best way, begging is not at all .... NO SPAM .... Steem on
Totally agree, no handouts on steemit π¬ππΌ
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Good point my buddy, well said. I have been blogging about this issue and hope that may will hear it from the boss blogger.
However as steemit is growing, we can never stop it because of new people unless there is an automated message during sign up.
In addition to my comment, and in support of your fight against spam here, I posted about the issue on my blog post. Feel free to check it out..wish you a blessed weekend.
There are a few of us that talk about it but most people don't care much but let's start chaining that :)
Good point , I agree. More success
Worse off is when they ask for upvotes and don't even upvote your posts lol
That mad face though haha love it!
Those are the worse, asking for something that don't do themselves haha
Ok so follow me and I follow you back? haha I kid
Hugs friend!
You know I have to follow you because you got good content and your awesome lol
Haha likewise πΎβΊοΈ
hahaha yes!! And the irrelevant comments you know they didn't read the post. Your post could be about how your dog just died and they're like "Great post" haha ugh!!
That would be the worse haha ... I seen a few of those recently :)
Finally this mad face of yours is making wonders man! Not even 1 comment begging for follow me-upvote me!!!
Hahahah!
You rock bro!
@progressivechef
The spammers were frightened haha
Do people really think follow for follow will get them good, loyal followers?
It seems like it is going up as the number of steemit users grow but at least we as a community can get rid of them.
I agree you are better off making quality content than wasting your type copy and pasting the same text over and over again @stackin haha
I seen a guy with 10k follower who been doing that in 2 months, he makes less than a $1 per post, that's stuff just do t work π
Yes, I like the mad face. I can't stand the follow follow thing. Just writing good content will bring in the followers.
Agreed, those people who do that tend not to be here after a whole month π
I have received a few of these types of comments. I reply with this image.
I kind of feel the same way about the upvoting bots. The goal is for the community to produce good content and be paid for that content. If someone can transfer SBD to a bot account and then their posts get auto upvoted it defeats the purpose of the community producing good content for the community. I would rather take a slow and steady growth by gaining real followers and real upvotes than to pay for upvotes.
Now I have nothing against voting trails, because in my experience the voting trail has come from a certain individual (pp are his initials) upvoting my post. That I am ok with because an actual person initiated that. That's just my 2 cents, well 1 cent in my case.
Yeah, I just try to avoid the drama around social media. Steemit is so new and I know it's just going to get better everyday :)
Yeah I try to avoid drama too. I was bad for getting caught up in drama on Facebook. Like I told papa-pepper when he interviewed me, I'm the type of person to step in and take the brunt of an attack when I see the little guy getting picked on. I quit Facebook and now I just hang out here.
It's harder when you have a huge following. I never got into any with my huge following, you should see the hate I receive on a daily bases... don't have time for that, busy creating :)
I don't really understand why people want inactive followers. They're not going to upvote any of your future posts, so what's the point?
It makes them feel like they are doing something lol
This is the absolute BEST post I have read all week! The same rules go for the people that pump out a ton of BS content all day, everyday! Quality over quantity, please!
I've seen people do 20 posts a day or better yet a post a minute, it's ridiculous haha
I'm hoping that eventually the people that are pumping out the bulk BS posts will run out of things to post about. I've noticed one particular that is scraping the bottom of the barrel with content but is trying desperately to hook people in with it. He still gets votes doing it though so I guess a few people like it.
I don't need these kind of followers, I might have just a few but I want people to follow me because they like my photo's not because 3000 followers looks good on your profile. There are enough accounts with a few hundred followers and they don't make a dime, I also google check images from people I follow, Copied from Google and I unfollow you (as soon ask you ask them where they took the picture they don't reply π ), not gonna waste my money on copy/paste stuff, Go to facebook for that kinda shit but not in here
Oh and BTW..your angry face cracked me up...you need to work on that Fuchster
I had to bust out that face today :) ... people love social status regardless if its real or fake haha
I don't play that game either!
I BE LIKE...
...AND BACK UPVOTE BEGGARS OFF!
Those are some awesome dance moves lol
Nice post... many people need to read it... but those guys "Follow Me and I'll Follow You" don't read shieeet!
That's true, if I put a photo of some trash... they will write, "awesome post" haha
BTW, awesome post mate! ahahahha ;)
That face looks very similar to the "this isn't what I ordered" face I see at my restaurant. However, I agree with you completely it's all about making good content.
That face is like when I see people post on FB that they are millionaires but just take pictures of other people's cars and mansions lol
Good post. Though I would argue great content isn't enough. There are plenty of people who post garbage on a regular basis who get follows and upvotes consistently. But it's a good thought in theory.
it doesn't have to be great content but building a relationship is very important on here, that what most of these spammers don't understand :)
My least favorite begging attempts involved being spammed with the same comment from one of two users (in which one is pushing for the other's services) for me to spend my Steem/SD to buy a resteem.
Uh, sorry. I'd rather people see the merit in what I'm writing and resteem it because they see value in what I'm putting out there, not because I paid someone to pimp it out (and given the low values associated with their resteems, it doesn't seem one would make back what they spent on their "services") because I was that damn desperate for attention.
It's really telling about people's POVs when they try those shenanigans.
Yeah, those resteem people are scamming hundreds right now, they have like 10k fake followers because they followed like 50k people. smh smh. lol
Your MAD FACE make me can't stop laughing, LoL.. so true.. i always think, why we should do that.. i'll follow peoples who are make me interest with their posts or their warm comments.. and i think they will do it too. Thank you @stackin have nice day
My sarcastic mad face π¬
Ya, i know.. sarcastic isn't rude, it's smart :)
Your follow is beautiful. The writing is most remarkable. You have big follow now follow and upvote my post. /sarc Keep @stackin!
Haha funny π
No matter how long we steem on we will always have some version of F4F.... smh!
Will always exists but I that flag button π¬π
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Hilarious @Stackin!
:)
haha, with that expression I just simply don't reply :)
It's the face behind the scenes π¬π€£
@stackin, That's really embarrassing. Most of the people do this for YouTube subscribers, Twitter followers and Facebook followers and likes and now this continues here at Steemit as well. It's very much important to flag such comments so keep our community clean and you're doing the right thing. Keep it up. RT'ed!
Keeping the community spam free π¬
Yeah tht cracks me up to. I only follow if i know what I am intrested in. β
Bustin out facts right there π
it even worse when these same folks who reply to your post don't even upvote you at all ever but insist to be followed. Sorry you have just nominated yourself as a complete begging fool as a result.
I don't think they are coming on wall as much anymore after slapping them tons of charles fuchs flags lol
Oh pleace I follow you you follow me, you upvote all my posts and Resteeme and I do the same........ Yeah right πππ π π hate that
I slap you and you never show your self here again.... Yeah that works for me πππ
Great post @stackin like you I always give a fat noooo. Upvoted have a great evening
Slap them with the flag πππ
Great post. Stalk me and I will stalk you back. LOL. Totally joking and I agree wholeheartedly. F4F is lame!
Fine, I will be looking for your posts more often :)
Hahaha... Very Nice Post... @stackin
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Indeed that's for keeping it real and funny at the same time
Very nice post. Thank u for shearing this post
My @ mustafakamal94 has followed you @stackin and I want you to follow me @ mustafakamal94 Greetings from me @stackin
lol
Haha... so true. :-)
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i'm following you because i love what you do @stackin β₯
Hell Yes! It's about quality content! well said man!